Bodylastics Home Gym Exercise Systems
January 31st, 2010 | by zoe |Resistance band exercises are widely popular for at-home gyms because they’re inexpensive, easy to store, effective and fun. Instead of working out to a video with dumb bells or ankle weights, individuals use rubber-band-like devices, slipping one foot in and using handles to pull the band for resistance. Even celebrities like Billy Blanks, star of the TaeBo videos, and Buffalo Bills football player Terrell Owens are using these devices. The Bodylastics Home Gym Exercise Systems represent the pioneer in the industry of resistance bands.
Bodylastics Home Gym Exercise Systems come with four color elastics (with different tension levels), two handles, two ankle straps, door anchor, user manual, instructional DVD and a travel bag. The $49.95 Basic Tension system offers up to 44 pounds of resistance for each side. Maximum Tension, which is their top-seller, accommodates up to 67 pounds per side. Their $104.81 Terrell Owens Super Strong Man gives up to 127 pounds per side for the professional bodybuilder workout. With any of these systems, exercisers can perform many of the same workouts as they would at the gym. They can sit on the floor, using the bands and the door anchor to mimic the row machines or they can hook the door anchor up high to turn the torso like a Bow Flex machine. These bands can work the biceps or the triceps, the glutes or the quads, the back or the chest, the shoulders or the abs.
Blake Kassel, Founder and President of Bodylastics International, brings over 20 years of personal fitness experience and personal training certification to the table. When asked how he came up with the concepts for Bodylastics Home Gym Exercise Systems, he explained: “I actually started to tinker with the idea after I was certified in personal training. The instructors for the certification course repeatedly talked about a great tool to use with your clients if they did not have equipment. The tool was surgical tubing. Although I found it useful, it was also very limiting. So, I began to work on a brand new design that would be versatile and effective. After several prototypes and a year and a half, the Bodylastics was born.”
Conversely, Bodylastics Home Gym Exercise Systems come with a few potential drawbacks. For one, the system alone can’t improve fitness. Individuals must also eat a nutritious diet and participate in cardiovascular exercises as well. Additionally, some users find the system difficult to get used to. The bands exert maximum tension at full extension, so there are varying degrees of resistance in each exercise. Most exercises require an area near a door, using the special attachment. Some say the manual isn’t all that great — and intentionally so, because they want you to subscribe to their Strength Band University or purchase the upgraded package with their DVD. Lastly, as with any elastic band system, the equipment will eventually wear out over time — some say in as little as three years with rigorous use.
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